Loading...
Minutes-ZA 2005/09/29 • ANAHEIM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ACTION AGENDA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 9:30 A.M. Council. Chambers, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California STAFF PRESENT:. Annika Santalahti, Zoning Administrator Mark Gordon, Deputy City Attorney David See, Senior Planner Alfred Yalda, Principal Transportation Planner James Ling, Associate Engineer Robert Corson, Senior Project Man-alter Kimberly Wong, Planning Aide Pat Chandler, Senior Secretary AGENDA POSTING: A complete copy of the Zoning Administrator Agenda was posted at 6:45 p.m. on September 23, 2005 inside the display case located in the foyer of the Council Chambers, and also in the outside display kiosk. PUBLISHED: Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, September 15, 2005 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS PUBLIC COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT H:\docslzoningadmin\agendas\acza092905.doc ~oninyadministrator(a anahc.~+n. >>et Page 1 ACZA092905. DO C ~ i REPORT & RECOMMENDATION: 1a. CEQA CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION -CLASS 1 1b. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WAIVER NO. 2005-00032 OWNER: North American Resort 100 Bayview Circle Suite 4500 Newport Beach, CA 92660 AGENT: Ed Chuchla Walt Disney Imagineering 1401 Flower Street Glendale, CA 91221 LOCATION: 190 West Center Street: Property is 0.98-acre, located at the southeast corner of Center Street and Lemon Street, with frontages of 297 feet on the south side of Center Street and 155 feet on the east side of Lemon Street. Request approval of a Special Circumstance Waiver to waive Special Event Permit requirements to permit banners on the Disney Travel Building from September 29, 2005 to September 30, 2005. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DECISION LETTER Concurred with staff Approved Project Planner: (dherrick@anaheim.net) Q.S. 83 S rscw2005-00032d h.doc Annika Santalahti, Zoning Administrator, introduced the item. Ms. Santalahti determined that the project is Categorically Exempt under Section 15311, Class 11 (Accessory Structures) of the CEQA Guidelines and approved the request for one (1) day to comply with conditions of approval, to expire on September 30, 2005 based on the following: (a) That the proposed banners will not impact any parking circulation, nor any streets and highways in the area that are equipped to handle large traffic flows. (b) That the proposed banners will not adversely affect the adjoining land uses and the growth and development of the area in which it is proposed to be located. That the window banners shall be installed as indicated in Attachments A, B and C to this staff report. That this Special Circumstances Waiver shall expire on October 1, 2006. That the banners shall be kept clean, neatly maintained, with no missing sign copy, or ripped or faded material. An un-maintained or damaged portion of the banners shall be repaired or replaced immediately. Noncompliance shall constitute a public nuisance and shall be subject to termination Page 2 ACZA092905. DOC of this permit. C 4. That not less than five (5) days prior to the commencement of the activity authorized by Special Circumstances Waiver No. 2005-00032, the applicant shall obtain a Special Event Permit from the Development Services Division of the Planning Department. 5. That approval of this application constitutes approval of the proposed request only to the extent that it complies with the Anaheim Municipal Zoning Code and any other applicable City, State and Federal regulations. Approval does not include any action or findings as to compliance or approval of the request regarding any other applicable ordinance, regulation or requirement. Page 3 ACZA092905 DOC • PUBLIC HEARINGS: • 2a. CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION 2b. VARIANCE N0.2005-04667 2c. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2005-201 (READVERTISED) OWNER: Guthrie Shepard Street, LLC 3185 Airway Ave. Suite F Costa Mesa, CA 92626 John M. Huish 18300 Von Karman Ave. Irvine, CA 92612 AGENT: DRC 8175 E. Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92808 LOCATION: 1041 North Shepard Street: Property is 7.0 acres, located at the southwest corner of Shepard Street and Carpenter Avenue, with frontages of 110 feet on the west side of Shepard Street and 80 feet on the south side of Carpenter Avenue. Concurred with staff Approved Approved Variance No. 2005-04667 -Request for waiver of the requirement for a lot to 10 day appeal period front on a public or private street to construct an industrial complex in the SP94-1, D.A.3 (Northeast Area Specific Plan, La Palma Core Area) Zone. Tentative Parcel Map No. 2005-201 -Request to establish an 8-lot, 22-unit airspace industrial subdivision. Continued from the September 15, 2005 Zoning Administrator meeting. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DECISION NO. 2005-18 Project Planner: (avazquez@anaheim.net) Q.S. 145 Srsubtpm2005-201 akv.doc Annika Santalahti, Zoning Administrator, introduced the item. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Gary Guzman, representing the owner of the property located at Guthrie Shepard Street, LLC, 3185 Airway Ave., Suite F, Costa Mesa, CA, stated based on discussions with the Public Works Department they would like to get amendments to conditions as it pertain to the variance, specifically Condition Nos. 8 and 12. James Ling, Principal Civil Engineer, stated the Public Works Department has a standard detail of 30 foot wide maximum driveway, but Traffic Engineering accepts the applicant's proposal for 35 feet. 10 day appeal period Page 4 ACZA092905 DOC • Also, in Condition No. 12, the existing street knuckle is acceptable therefore, they would delete the sentence in Condition No. 12 where it states, "The street knuckle shall also conform to Public Works Standard Detail No. 167". Additionally, Traffic Engineering confirmed that the existing conditions are acceptable therefore no street improvements are required for the knuckle. Mr. Guzman asked for clarification on Condition No. 14 (conditions to the building permit issuance), specifically as it relates to Condition No. 7 (the approval and recordation of the subject project, CC&R's), because typically they incorporate different management details of the property as well as convey the shared traffic and parking, and it has to be reviewed by the Planning Department, Public Works Department, City Attorney and the City, and also the title company, lender and engineer, and they also have to establish a maintenance corporation to manage the project. Therefore, since it is a lengthy process to get just to a draft form and approved by all the parties, they asked if the condition could be included in the map recordation. Mr. Ling responded the Public Works Department would require maintenance covenants at the time the map records are approved but not initially the full CC&R's. David See, Senior Planner, stated staff would not be opposed to moving the condition to the parcel map condition. Ms. Santalahti stated Condition No. 7 would be tied into the final parcel map approval. No one else indicated his presence to speak on the subject matter. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Page 5 ACZA092905. DOC • 3a. CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION 3b. VARIANCE NO. 2005-04665 3b. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO.2005-147 (READVERTISED) OWNER: North Anaheim Assoc., LLC Brian Malliet 1945 Placentia Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92627 AGENT: Greg Cooke DRC 8175 East Kaiser Boulevard Anaheim, CA 92808 LOCATION: 1045 North Kemp Street: Property is 20 acres, with a frontage of 183 feet on the west side of Kemp Street, located 448 feet north of the centerline of La Palma Avenue and is further described as 1045 North Kemp Street. VARIANCE NO. 2005-04665 - To waive the requirement for a lot to front on a public or private street. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP N0.2005-147 (READVERTISED) - To establish a 29-lot, 23-unit industrial subdivision to subdivide an industrial complex. Continued from the September 15, 2005 Zoning Administrator meeting. VARIANCE DECISION NO. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP DECISION NO. Continued to October 27, 2005 15 day appeal period 10 day appeal period Project Planner: (avazquez@anaheim.net) Q.s.7o S rs u b t p m 2005-14 7 a k v. d oc Annika Santalahti, Zoning Administrator, introduced the item THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Steve Valdez, 1014 N. Kemp Street, Anaheim, CA, stated due to the new units going in on Kemp Street traffic will be created, which they never had traffic on that street before and he is concerned for the safety of the children and citizens who live in the neighborhood. Mr. Robert Godoy, 768 Seventh Street, Anaheim, CA, stated Essex Electric Company (where he's worked for the last 34 years) does not use La Palma Avenue to Kemp Street, and only used Kemp Street the first year he was employed there. Since that time their entrance has been from Commercial Street. Ms. Santalahti temporarily continued Item No. 3 until after Item Nos. 4 and 5 in order to give staff an opportunity to phone the applicant to see if he would be present at today's meeting. THE PUBLIC HEARING RESUMED (following Item Nos. 4 and 5) Ms. Santalahti wished to know if the alley that runs perpendicular to Kemp Street which has post in it, preventing traffic from going through, is a permanent condition. Page 6 ACZA092905. DOC Mr. Valdez stated they can be pulled out for emergencies but they are there to divert the traffic going into north and south alleys. They are not standard alleys but are substandard alleys. Alfred Yalda, Principal Transportation Planner, stated Public Works would take a look and determine if they are private or public alleys. Ms. Santalahti wished to know why there are parking spaces off the cul-de-sac at the end of Kemp Street. Mr. Valdez responded that was years ago when the company was really in existence, it was like a satellite station. Ms. Santalahti referred to staff and asked if there was information on Mr. Malliett's attendance at today's meeting. Dave See stated he spoke with the staff at BKM Development and they had no explanation for why Mr. Malliet did not show up however, he was made aware of the hearing. Mr. Yalda stated I checked the district map and it appears to be a public alley. Ms. Santalahati referred to staff and asked if the City or Redevelopment Department has had any discussion or anything about what kinds of things or going on or being discussed in that area. Robert Gorson, Redevelopment Senior Project Manager, stated Redevelopment is excited to get a new redevelopment opportunity in the area and is a little bit disappointed that the City is losing two manufacturing companies. However, one only had a few employees and the other had deferred maintenance of their facility for many years and had not invested in capital therefore, Redevelopment would have an opportunity to redevelop the site into a pretty nice industrial development with improved landscaping and other amenities for the area to help eliminate some of the blighted conditions in the area. Ms. Santalahti stated she would continue the item so in order to get a map that accurately displays the circulation situation and also, she talked with Traffic Engineering and they feel it would be appropriate to have a circulation traffic study done in the area. Page 7 ACZA092905.DOC • • 4a. CEQA CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION -CLASS 1 Continued to 4b. VARIANCE NO. 2005-04662 October 13, 2005 OWNER: Louis Nguyen 614 Hazel Street Glendale, CA 91201 AGENT: Carolyn Wells Sign AFX 828 West Vermont Avenue #F Anaheim, CA 92805 LOCATION: 1720 West Ball Road: Property is approximately 0.64-acre, having a frontage of 150 feet on the south side of Ball Road, located 260 feet west of the centerline of Euclid Street (Anaheim Medical Center). Waiver of permitted size, number and location of wall signs for a medical office 15 day appeal period complex in the C-G (General Commercial) Zone. Continued from the September 1, 2005 and September 15, 2005 Zoning Administrator meetings. Project Planner: ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DECISION NO. Kimberly Wong (kwong2@anaheim.net) Q.S. 49 S rva r2005-04662k1w.doc Annika Santalahti, Zoning Administrator, introduced the item. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Wally Courtney, Paul Kott Realtors, 1225 W. Lincoln Avenue, the agent for the owner of the property of 1720 West Ball Road, stated the owner is prepared to pay for monument signs to code, and even though the code allows 8 waN signs they are okay going along with 4 wall signs as long as the owner can designate which of his tenants gets to use the signs. Currently on the property there are several 3 feet by 12 feet signs and they propose to have two (2) on the front of building no. 1 and two (2) on the front of building no. 4. Therefore, there would be 72 square feet on one building and 72 square feet on another building which is well within the allowable square footage according to code. No one else indicated his presence to speak on the subject matter. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Ms. Santalahti referred to staff and asked if that meant a variance was not needed. Dave See, Senior Planner, stated it would be better if staff could see the revised plan in order to make an interpretation and analyze it better but is in support of reducing the signage. Most of the waivers could be deleted but there would still be a waiver regarding location. Page 8 ACZA092905.DOC • Ms. Santalahti stated it would not have to be an exact design but one that shows the locations as well as the sizes of each sign, and based on that staff could make an approval on part of the variance based on what the picture looks like. The hearing was continued for two (2) weeks until October 13, 2005 for revised site plans (elevation plans). Page 9 ACZA092905. DOC • 5. ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST: None Page 10 ACZA092905. DOC